On March 18, 2021, the French data protection agency (CNIL)
published, on its website, a very clear and detailed Q&A page,
dedicated to the use of tracking technologies (such as cookies),
explaining how to implement its recent Guidelines addressing this
topic.
In April 2021, the CNIL will be launching
inquiries to assess whether websites (owned either
by private or public entities) do comply with personal data
protection law (more specifically with the rules pertaining to the
use of tracking technologies), and whether the CNIL's
Guidelines have been taken into consideration.
Some of interesting insights provided by the CNIL concern, for
instance:
- the use of audience measurement technologies by
websites' editors: they may benefit from the consent
exemption rule (i.e., the website's editor will not be
required to ask for the consent of the website's user) if
certain conditions are met (e.g., these technologies must not be
used to track the browsing of the
